The Union Pacific Railroad agreed to buy the Missouri Pacific Railroad on January 8, 1980. Lawsuits filed by competing railroads delayed approval of the merger until September 13, 1982. After the ... (more)

Union Railroad and Norfolk Southern trains meet over the waters of the Monongahela River as they each cross their respective bridges out of Duquesne, Pennsylvania. Five MP15's from the Union Railr... (more)

The Railroading Heritage of Midwest America held its annual "Walk Amongst Giants" fundraiser on June 29, 2024. The fundraiser allows visitors to go inside the former Rock Island steam sh... (more)

Racin’ home. Engineer Matt has the throttle open on the SRYs Chilliwack Turn as they race back toward Huntingdon.

Conrail, CR ex-Reading MP15DC's 9630- 9626- 9621- 9629 with ZBB-137 on the ex-Reading line at CP Burn, Allentown, Pennsylvania. May 27, 1978. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

With a trio of MP15's on the point, the Union Railroad's Job 76B makes a shove move down the trestle on the Munhall Branch in Duquesne, Pennsylvania. With a caboose at the other end, the crew is t... (more)

With a light rain falling, a trio of MP15's emerge from the tunnel in Dravosburg, Pennsylvania on the Union Railroad's Job 76B. The second shift crew is making their first run of the evening with ... (more)

The Last MP15 Amtrak's fleet of work engines has been changing quite a bit lately. Newly-acquired GP38-3s have quickly replaced classic EMDs, and 537 is the last active MP15 on Amtrak's sy... (more)

HB&T, Houston Belt and Terminal 62 MP15DC built for HBT 10/1979, at Houston, Texas. October 23, 1983. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo built 10/1979 as HBT 62>ECRX 62>1503>ARUX 62.

After bringing a train loaded with iron ore down from the CN interchange in North Bessemer, the Union Railroad's Job 50A has arrived at the US Steel Edgar Thomson Works in East Pittsburgh, Pennsyl... (more)

Housatonic Railroad's GATX 229 wyes around Canaan to hitch onto the Roger Williams en route to Lenox, MA.

An Old Goat Can Still Scream On July 23rd, 2024, Amtrak MP15DC #537 was in charge of taking the Portland Extra equipment move to Boston to drop off bad-ordered Downeaster equipment. Around... (more)

The sound of four MP15's lugging an empty train out of the tunnel breaks the morning silence in North Bessemer, Pennsylvania as Job 50A departs from the Canadian National interchange with a loaded... (more)

SRYs Chilliwack Turn smokes it up along Vye rd, nearing the end of their day.

SRYs Chilliwack turn rolls through the Arnold Prairie on their return to Huntingdon, on a warm summer evening.